Hey, john m.!!!

[the other pc]

Hey, john m.,

tonight @ 23:00 on the Military Channel:

Red October

TV-PG, CC

Follow a detachment of Navy FA-18 Hornets as they traveled to Germany to take part in a military training exercise informally known as Red October. During their training, they fly numerous mock air-combat missions against former East German MiG pilots.

Watch it!

[john m.]

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Oh man thanks so much!!! That is so awesome! Thanks for remembering im into this, means a lot!

That is seriously to awesome! Never seen that before suprisingly! Man Ill be watching this again and again for a while now Recorded it on dvr so I can watch it more Gotta love the FA-18, such an awesome plane, and some amazing shots in there too!

Thanks so much again! Saw the thread and was like huh?? LOL
Hope lots of other guys check this out cuz its definitely worth the watch!

[the_invisible]

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john m. puts the M in the military.

[john m.]

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john m. puts the M in the military.

[Eddie6th]

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For me it's a tough call between the Hornet and the Falcon....Both are soooo Cooooool!
I wouldn't mind the chance to detail one.

[Underdawg736]

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For me it's a tough call between the Hornet and the Falcon....Both are soooo Cooooool!
I wouldn't mind the chance to detail one.

For me, my favorite bird hands down is the A-10 Thunderbolt....aka the Warthog! Seeing that bad boy in action gives me the warm and fuzzies each and every time! That bad boy can dish out some serious pain......and take it too.

[Nappers]

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I always liked the F-14 Tomcat (not because of Top Gun either!), very good plane for it's time.

The F-18 is a great plane and they are sure awesome!

[john m.]

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For me, my favorite bird hands down is the A-10 Thunderbolt....aka the Warthog! Seeing that bad boy in action gives me the warm and fuzzies each and every time! That bad boy can dish out some serious pain......and take it too.

Know a guy in training right now to fly an A-10! Those things are mean!! Man the gatling gun on that is insane!

[ClearlyCoated]

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My favorite fighter of all time is the F14 Tomcat. The Corvette of the skies! Swing wings, twin engines, an arsenal of weapons that made it the 2nd deadliest carrier-based weapon system (the 1st being the carrier itself). I fell in love with that fighter when I was in MCJROTC in high school. During spring break in 1978, our JROTC class was invited to spend the week at MCAS Yuma. The F14's were just being phased in to replace the venerable F4 Phantom as the Navy's main fighter and fleet defender.

2 F14's sat on the tarmac gleaming in the Yuma sun, brought in for combat range testing. A Phantom driver (F4 pilot) remarked witth pure admiration that the Tomcat looked like a Corvette with wings. The image always stuck with me. Two years later, it was the sci-fi movie "Final Countdown" (not Top gun) that forever cemented the F14 as my favorite all-time superiority fighter.

[john m.]

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I love the F-14 also.....actually I love anything that flies! :pepper:

I actually have an F-14 model, used to play with that thing all the time when I was really young

[Eddie6th]

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I love the F-14 also.....actually I love anything that flies! :pepper:

I actually have an F-14 model, used to play with that thing all the time when I was really young

Can you still get really good model kits?...like Airfix.Years ago they used to make large scale model kits,but havn't seen them in a long time..

The A-10....That's the tank buster? or is tank killer more appropriate?

[john m.]

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Im not sure, I know there is a kit were you paint it and all yourself, I just have an old one I got when I was really young lol, how do you embed videos on here without posting the link? I know some awesome videos! lol

Speed and Angels is a great Navy documentary of two pilots flying the F-14 if anyone is interested

[john m.]

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Love videos like this! Always motivate me!




And of course, these are awesome too!

[the other pc]

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Can you still get really good model kits?...like Airfix.Years ago they used to make large scale model kits,but havn't seen them in a long time......

Yes, high quality kits from companies like Airfix, Tamiya, Italeri, Hasegawa and Revell are still available.

...The A-10....That's the tank buster? or is tank killer more appropriate?

Yes. The A-10 was designed from the ground up (well, technically, from the gun out) specifically for close air support against armor.

Having analyzed the huge effectiveness of attack aircraft like the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik and Republic P-47 Thunderbolt against tanks, US military planners felt they needed a modern version to deal with armored threats.

Appropriately, Fairchild Republic, creators of the A-10, named it Thunderbolt II after it’s spiritual predecessor and their most successful earlier fighter, the P-47 Thunderbolt. Perhaps even more appropriately, air crews never refer to either aircraft by its given name, affectionately calling the A-10, “Warthog” and the P-47, “Jug.”

(Unlike other “flying tanks” of WWII, the P-47 was also extremely successful in air-to-air combat.)


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[the_invisible]

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I wouldn't mind the chance to detail one.

I think they clean these planes with a special type of cleaner that avoids static electricty. This type of cleaner costs over $1,000 a gallon to the public. !!!